Melissa L. Williams confirmed that Ruthless season 4 is on the horizon and should start airing before the end of April 2023.
Tyler Perry’s drama series, Ruthless, follows Ruth as she slowly discovers all of the secrets and seedy characters in the Rakadushi religious cult, while she plots her escape.
Fortunately, Ruthless fans will not have to wait much longer to see what Ruth encounters next on the compound as the star of the show, Melissa L. Williams, has already confirmed that season four of Ruthless will start airing before the end of the month.
What is Ruthless about?
Ruthless is only one of the many drama shows that Tyler Perry has produced under his deal with Viacom/CBS in the last couple of years and it is a spin-off for one of his other shows called The Oval.
This show stars Melissa L. Williams (who devoted Tyler Perry fans will recognize from The Oval) as Ruth Truesdale, a woman who is forced to embrace the ways of a fanatical cult with which she got entangled.
While the Rakadushi cult seems alright from the outside, Ruth quickly comes to realize that she and her daughter, Callie, will never be safe there and subsequently starts formulating her escape plan.
Everything you need to know about Ruthless season 4
The final episode of Ruthless season three drew the season to a close recently in February 2023.
However, with the abundance of cliffhangers that were set up in this finale, it is no wonder that fans are already clamoring to find out all they can about the next season of the series.
By the end of the third season, Aaron had come to the staggering realization that the Rakadushi were not what he thought they were, but he and Laura are stopped in their tracks when they try to leave the compound.
Andrew also went through his fair share of trials and tribulations this season finale episode when he was forced to play Russian roulette with his colleagues.
Moreover, Ruth and Elder Mother are left speechless after Ruth takes a pregnancy test.
Fortunately, it has been confirmed that Ruthless will be returning for its fourth season sooner than you may think.
Melissa L. Williams, who stars in the series and initially promised fans that she would update them about the show’s return as soon as she had any new news, recently updated her bio on Instagram to say “SEASON 4 @ruthlessbetplus STARTS APRIL 20th.”
Filming for this season reportedly already wrapped in March 2022. But the exciting news of another season arriving on BET+ has been overshadowed by a recent post by Matt Cedeño (who plays The Highest on the show), which has many fans concerned that this might be the last season that they will get.
Will season 4 be the last season of Ruthless?
Neither Tyler Perry nor BET have made any official announcements about the cancellation of Ruthless.
But one of the show’s fan-favorite actors, Matt Cedeño, did post a picture of himself and the creator of the series on Instagram about a year ago on 5 April 2022, celebrating the end of season four’s filming.
However, the sentimental nature of this post has had avid fans of the series worried that Cedeño may know something about the show ending, though this has never been confirmed.
Which cast members will return for season 4?
The cast list for season four of Ruthless has not yet been confirmed, but fans of the show can expect most of the main characters, including Ruth (Melissa L. Williams), The Highest (Matt Cedeño), and Elder Mother (Tonea Stewart), to reprise their roles.
Other characters like Lenny Thomas’s Dikhan, Michelle Nuñez’s Zane, and Blue Kimble’s Andrew, will also return in the series’ fourth season.
Plot predictions for the fourth season of Ruthless
Though it is always difficult to predict what will happen next in a show like Ruthless, the teaser trailer that was recently released to promote the fourth season of the show does reveal some crucial details.
Firstly, it is evident that the FBI will have a more significant part to play in the show’s fourth season.
This trailer also revealed that Malcolm was the one who survived the Russian roulette game in the season three finale and may be tortured in the next season of the series.
Malcolm’s survival is not the only shocking thing that fans can look forward to in season four.
A conversation between Elder Mother and Ruth in one of the scenes confirmed that one of the other women will die in season four, though the jury is still out on who this will be.